Birth: 5 March 1797 Haddiscoe, Norfolk, UK
Father: John Wales 1767-1840
Mother: Ann Alp c1766-1861
Christening: 6 March 1797 Haddiscoe, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 14 December 1824 Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Husband: Abraham Cowell (Cowles) 1799-1856
Death: After 1861
Stephen Cowles 1826-1869
Abraham Cowles 1827-1829
Anne (Ann) Cowles 1832-a1851
James Cowles 1834-1841
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Sarah Wales born on 5 March, baptised 6 March 1797 in Haddiscoe, Norfolk, parents John Wales and Ann Alp. "A true Copy of the Register Books for Baptisms, Burials and Marriages for the Parish of Haddiscoe in the County of Norfolk from 13th day of May 1796 to the 4th day of May 1797 inclusive.Baptisms [...] 1797 Wales Sarah daughter of John & Ann his wife (late Alp) was born March 5th, priv. bapt. March 6th 1797."
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Sarah Wales and Abraham Cowles on 24 October 1824 and 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Sarah Wales and Abraham Cowles on 24 October 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "The Year 1824 Page 1st No. 1 Banns of Marriage between Abraham Cowles single man of this Parish and Sarah Wales single woman of this Parish Were published on the three Sundays underwritten: 1st Time, Sunday 10th October [...] 2d Time, Sunday 17th October [...] 3d Time, Sunday 24 October".
Entry in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for the marriage of Sarah Wales and Abraham Cowles on 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "Page 10 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1824 [...] Abraham Cowles singleman ogf this Parish and Sarah Wales singlewoman of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns this 14th Day of December in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty 24 [both made their marks] in the Presence of us William Price and Mary Ann Cowles [who both made their marks] No. 30."
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Sarah Wales and Abraham Cowles on 14 December 1824 in Wroxham, Norfolk. "Page 10 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1823 [...] Abraham Cowles singleman ogf this Parish and Sarah Wales singlewoman of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns this 14th Day of December in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and twenty 24 [both made their marks] in the Prefence of us William Price and Mary Ann Cowles [who both made their marks] No. 30."
Her second son was baptised on 7 October 1827 at Saint Etheldreda, Norwich, her daughter was baptised there on 8 January 1832 mother's maiden name Wells, and her third son was baptised at Woxham on 15 June 1834.
In the 1841 census as Sarah Cowles aged 40 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Norfolk, and living with Abraham (husband?), James and Stephen (sons?) and Ann (daughter?) in Bridge Road, Wroxham, Norfolk.
In the 1851 census as Sarah Cowles aged 53, born in Haddiscoe, Norfolk, and living with her huband (Abraham) in Wroxham, Norfolk.
Her husband was buried in St Faiths, Wroxham in 1856.
In the 1861 census as Sarah Cowells (sic - on the original) aged 74 (the original appears to have been altered to 64), born in Haddiscoe, Norfolk, and living with her widowed sister (Eliza Bee) and widowed mother (Ann Wales) near the river in Reedham, Norfolk.
I cannot find an entry for her death or marriage, nor in the 1871 census.
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Sarah Wales born in Haddiscoe, Norfolk in 1798, married to Abraham Cowles ansd a son Abraham, and another for Sarah Wales born 5 March 1797 in Haddiscoe, Norfolk, parents John Wales and Mary Alp.
Haddiscoe ia a mile south of Reedham on A143 and 16 miles SE of Norwich, and Wroxham is about the same distance NE of Norwich.
Sarah Wales was the wife of Abraham Cowles, my great grand uncle.
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